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Oscar Eriksson Furunes: GLITRA

19. June 2026 - 13. September 2026

Oscar Eriksson Furunes’ exhibition GLITRA invites reflection on the lived experiences of queer people and the narratives that have shaped, and continue to shape, our understanding of queer lives. The exhibition insists on the complexities and contradictions of queer experiences, reminding us how movements for freedom and equality contain stories of pain, conflict and vulnerability as well as moments of joy and solidarity. 

Based on queer-historical archival photographs and cultural codes, Furunes explores the tension between the visible and the invisible, the persistent and the fleeting, the personal and the collective. The works in GLITRA show photographic fragments from queer communities across time and place. We encounter faces, bodies, touches and moments up close, yet filtered through coloured, cast surfaces that simultaneously blur and emphasise the motifs. Nothing is fully exposed without also being protected: the surfaces form a veil around the narratives, keeping them at a distance while also sharpening our attention to what we are seeing.  

With this artistic approach, Furunes points to the protective layers that queer people have had to develop over time in response to violence and marginalisation from the outside world. The reference to protection reappears in the exhibition’s floor installation, where snail shells filled with glittering green glass become images of the shield that queer people have had to carry with them. The filling refers to a historical cultural code in which the colour green has functioned as a discreet sign of mutual recognition, particularly among gay men. At the same time, the porosity of the snail shell signals just how delicate the shield is, which is why we, as visitors to GLITRA, must tread carefully.  

Oscar Eriksson Furunes (b. 1991) is a Norwegian-Swedish artist and architect. He graduated from Malmö Art Academy in 2023 and works with the adaptation of historical material, incorporating personal references, gestures and codes. Thematically, he is interested in the boundaries and intersections between what we perceive as individual personal history and collective public history. 

The exhibition is generously supported by 15. Juni Fonden, Augustinus Fonden and Statens Kunstfond. 

_{Photo: Helene Toresdotter}